Today we document three sheep transports crossing the border in the early afternoon. The heat is severe and the unshorn sheep from Romania suffer immensely on board of trucks. We see at least one leg trapped between the floor and the wall of the trailer. The sheep are breathing heavily, look exhausted, while overcrowding with insufficient headspace is aggravating the … [Read more...] about Inspection of livestock trucks at BG-TR border, Kapitan Andreevo
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Inspection of livestock trucks at BG-TR border, Kapitan Andreevo
The team on the Bulgarian side watch the border from late morning. We see only one truck crossing during the day, others choose the night, with lower temperatures but longer waiting times to cross. Five of six trucks loaded with cattle look overcrowded, which means even greater suffering for the animals. Moreover, water troughs are dirty and full of bedding in most cases, … [Read more...] about Inspection of livestock trucks at BG-TR border, Kapitan Andreevo
Inspection of livestock trucks at BG-TR border, Kapitan Andreevo
TSB|AWF and EonA teams are documenting the situation on the Bulgarian/Turkish border Kapitan Andreevo/Kapikule. In the night, the team on the Bulgarian side inspects nine long-distance transports of pregnant heifers waiting in a very long line-up to cross the border. The access to the border on both lanes is completely blocked by trucks. Therefore, the animal transports … [Read more...] about Inspection of livestock trucks at BG-TR border, Kapitan Andreevo
Day 5 Inspection of EU cattle transports at the Turkish border
Today our teams were present at both sides of the Bulgarian-Turkish border. We were full of hope that there would be no transports in the blazing heat of this day, but sadly enough there were. Not only was this the hottest day, but also the busiest. On the Turkish side of the border we inspected 14 trucks carrying heifers, bulls meant to be fattened for meat and bulls … [Read more...] about Day 5 Inspection of EU cattle transports at the Turkish border
Day 1 of Inspection of EU cattle trucks at the Turkish border
Today teams from Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF began inspecting EU livestock trucks passing the Bulgarian border and trying to enter Turkey. First we checked on Petline and Meat & Milk stables on the Turkish side, because we received information that 22 trucks with fattening cattle on board (in total approx 500 cattle) from the Czech Republic were not allowed further … [Read more...] about Day 1 of Inspection of EU cattle trucks at the Turkish border